Message from @oojimaflip

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2019-12-14 23:26:20 UTC  

I mean, the way I look at it, our body has been "using" chemical processes long before we understood it.

2019-12-14 23:26:59 UTC  

So it makes me wonder if our body still uses some stuff we haven't discovered yet.

2019-12-14 23:27:21 UTC  

Like some laws of physics are still being used in ways we haven't understood yet. You know what I mean?

2019-12-14 23:28:09 UTC  

yes, I find the distinction between probabalistic and deterministic systems to very helpful

2019-12-14 23:28:13 UTC  

Maybe our understanding of our brain will get kicked up a notch if we make some major advancements in physics some day

2019-12-14 23:28:32 UTC  

probably not but maybe

2019-12-14 23:28:33 UTC  

lol

2019-12-14 23:28:40 UTC  

would be interesting

2019-12-14 23:28:45 UTC  

that I'm unsure of, because of the probabalistic nature of it

2019-12-14 23:29:38 UTC  

all quantum mechanics really says is that you can never really be sure

2019-12-14 23:30:33 UTC  

but the transistor shows that it is useful

2019-12-14 23:31:14 UTC  

I mean, the human brain would likely not be a good place to host a quantum computer as we understand them currently

2019-12-14 23:31:38 UTC  

but if humans can use them for certain calculations maybe the brain can to a certain extent?

2019-12-14 23:31:48 UTC  

given enough millions of years of evolution?

2019-12-14 23:33:03 UTC  

well, that's my point; human thought is largely uncertain as it operates at a fundamentally probabalistic level

2019-12-14 23:35:19 UTC  

even simple maths can't be considered a bitwise operation in the brain as the concept of numbers is learned and is likely grounded in some form of pattern encoding in multiple neurons and axons

2019-12-14 23:36:09 UTC  

whereas in a binary computer, each bit resolves down to a single transistor that is either high or low

2019-12-14 23:37:11 UTC  

so you think quantum shennanigans in the brain are a possibility? (sorry this field is not my forte but its interesting lol)

2019-12-14 23:37:32 UTC  

the brain *is quantum*

2019-12-14 23:38:16 UTC  

I don't think it's at all discrete

2019-12-14 23:38:30 UTC  

unlike a normal computer

2019-12-14 23:38:40 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/634415084101435423/655554283529437212/giphy1.gif

2019-12-14 23:41:57 UTC  

caveat: I've been thinking and reading about thought all my life, and I'm still unsure if I know anything.

2019-12-14 23:42:13 UTC  

now I'm :mindblown:

2019-12-15 03:02:48 UTC  

Yeah, one thing that sucks when trying to figure out how thought works is that I feel like human language is sorely lacking when it comes to describing the intricacies of how the mind works

2019-12-15 03:03:11 UTC  

talk to 100 philosophers about consciousness and you will probably have 100 definitions

2019-12-15 03:03:20 UTC  

talk to 100 philosophers about intelligence and you will probably have 100 definitions

2019-12-15 03:04:02 UTC  

it seems like its a huge problem because its almost impossible to talk about how consciousness works without talking past one another due to not having the same definitions.

2019-12-15 04:26:01 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/634415084101435423/655626594177515542/image0.png

2019-12-15 04:26:29 UTC  

supporting the hong kong rioters is supporting degeneracy

2019-12-15 04:27:08 UTC  

also, look at the caption under the Pelosi one

2019-12-15 04:27:25 UTC  

don't associate pelosi with socialism

2019-12-15 04:27:27 UTC  

we don't want her

2019-12-15 04:28:12 UTC  

When the UK controlled HK was it called Hong Bong?

2019-12-15 04:28:25 UTC  

probably

2019-12-15 04:30:31 UTC  

what's with all the gay shit?

2019-12-15 04:31:37 UTC  

hong kong trying to be western

2019-12-15 04:31:58 UTC  

because that way they will get more trade and corporations will love them

2019-12-15 04:32:03 UTC  

i wish people would ask that more often tbh

2019-12-15 04:32:09 UTC  

ask that question

2019-12-15 11:39:33 UTC  

@DA GOMMIE JOO That’s why I’m supporting them